The company that crammed tons of fitness trackers into the most revolutionary cord-free earbuds this year, just dumped all that tech to give us a no-nonsense version. It may be the smartest thing they’ve done, just in time for Apple’s Keynote address, and Christmas. They call it The Headphone.... Read more
Protecting yourself from aches and sprains all starts with a healthy workout routine but what do you do when the damage has already been done? Healing your bones takes a great deal of time and patience but as well as following medical procedures, there are a number of natural... Read more
Announced at IFA 2016 in Berlin, the international electronics trade show, TomTom is coming out with not one, but three new wearables. Yes, TomTom, the company that up until a few years ago, only made GPS consoles for your dashboard. Now they do wearables. One of their new wearables... Read more
This isn’t entirely true. Just this week at IFA (the Berlin electronics trade show like CES), Garmin announced a very squarish smartwatch. There’s been a lot of grumbling aimed at square-faced smartwatches. Likely, this is the backlash against mighty Apple, even Fitbit. Maybe. If the watches coming out of IFA... Read more
Common in many gyms now is battle ropes. You know, those ropes you keep tripping over, the ones that someone smacks up and down every few minutes. Admittedly, they’re obnoxious. Nothing seems to say look at me more unless you’re lifting up your shirt to see your abs every... Read more
Mermaiding is loosely defined word. It ranges from dressing as a mermaid to living as a one. Definitely, this is one body hack you must check out. Not quite, but swimming in the ocean wearing a monofin is about as close as humans will get. The act of mermaiding... Read more
Snorkeling can change your life. It’s the closest you can get to communing with alien worlds without leaving the planet. All the chaos of your life, the noise pollution, the nagging, the endless contributions to your anxiety, all floats away. Even that extra weight you’ve been wanting to lose?... Read more
Remember Friendster or that MySpace thing? Probably not, because Facebook did social media better. It was a category killer. That’s what the duo of Acer and Starbreeze (two tech companies) intend to do with the StarVR virtual reality platform. It won’t matter what’s happening now. It will all be... Read more
There are two excuses for the skipping the workout: time and money. For most people, these are two halves of the same sphere. Since we’re not Financial Hacks, you and I will stick to the time portion of the sphere. Excuses get a bad rap. There’s a lot to... Read more
What’s your morning poison? Starting the day with a cup of something hot and caffeinated has become such a ritual that for some, a day wouldn’t be complete without it. Are you getting the best thing for your body, though? Drinking the right kind of thing first thing can... Read more
When you wake up in the morning, what do you do? In the flurry of getting to work, you might gulp down a coffee, pack your bag and grab your keys, thinking of little else. Before you even realize it, you can be out of the door, on your... Read more
4 Ways To Become A Less Stressed You
Lifestyle May 3, 2023
Dealing with stress is something that so many of us simply put up with on a day to day basis that we might have forgotten what it actually feels like to be relaxed. Incorporating moments of calm into your busy schedule might feel like a near impossibility but incredibly,... Read more
When you’re trying to eat less and slim down, food always seems to find a way of wheedling its way back in. Cutting your portion sizes is often easier said than done and if you’re trying to get on the healthy straight and narrow, it can take a great... Read more
Woolf may just what riders need most, freeing up their attention. It also happens to look pretty cool. The Woolf wristband is a leather banded wearable that notifies bikers of imminent speed controlled zones . It may be the best chance they have to ride with better safety. The good... Read more
Another great wearable product beat it’s crowdsourcing goals with time to spare, the SenseOn device. In the wearables category, it’s a stickable, about the size of your little finger. You adhere it to your ribcage. SenseOn will help keep you in the proper training zones, pushing your performance to new... Read more
Supple Up: 3 Yoga Moves For The Inflexible
Wellness May 1, 2023
Yoga. If you haven’t already given into the hype, it might be on your list of things to do in the near future. Getting into the activity can have a huge number of benefits on the way you look and feel, helping you to destress, build strength and work... Read more
Facts are facts. You have to face them. Wires are going the way of, well, the wire. We stopped messaging via the telegraph with the invention of the telephone. Then we cut that cord to go cellular. Yeah, I know… your parents still keep a rotary in the guest bedroom. Despite... Read more
Wearables are cool, great, but never cute. That is, they weren’t until Kate Spade entered the picture. In a world where the best a wearable could do was sexy, why shouldn’t they be cute? How else are we going to match them to our cute shoes and bag combo?... Read more
Want To Look Younger? Pick Up These Habits
Lifestyle April 29, 2023
The fountain of youth is an elusive thing and if you’ve found its secret, the chances are that you’re not going to want to give it up. What, though, if staying young was all a matter of lifestyle? Your habits play a major part in determining who you are... Read more
As reported in Gadget and Wearables, King’s Health Partners and the makers of the Buddi wearable have come together to prevent type 2 diabetes. The strange thing about this news is that Buddi is not a wearable designed for diabetics. It’s not even a fitness tracker by any definition.... Read more